大般涅槃經集解 35.1

35.1

釋從佛出十二部經從十二部經出脩多羅從脩多羅出方等經從方等經出波若從波若出涅槃義出菩薩在雪山為半偈捨身緣起

Explaining the meaning of: from the Buddha emerge the twelve divisions of the canon; from the twelve divisions of the canon emerges the sūtra; from the sūtra emerge the vaipulya sūtras; from the vaipulya sūtras emerges prajñā; and from prajñā emerges nirvāṇa. The narrative origin of the Bodhisattva relinquishing his body in the Snow Mountains for the sake of half a gāthā.